Example sentences of "how [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 With push and pull toys the children experience weight in a very practical way when deciding what and how much they put into a pram or trolley to push .
2 Apart from demonstrating one of the unwavering laws of British journalism , that nothing sells newspapers like royalty , and nothing makes a better editorial column than declamations of simple patriotism , the curious thing about these assaults is how much they belong to a period .
3 I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant .
4 You can not put a time on how long it takes for a swimfeeder to empty .
5 Right , er Right , it 's how long it takes for a whole substance to react , so it ca n't Say you put two
6 How long it continued as a workhouse I know not , but records were kept up till 1795 .
7 When an ion approaches a surface , the angle at which it scatters depends on how directly it collides with a surface atom .
8 But such an explanation is surely ridiculous to the modern reader forced to realize how far he stands from an age when mythological explanations were permissible .
9 A win or a loss could affect how well you lived for a day or two .
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